FTFA "Since then, it has emerged he has had a jones for pricey professional girls going back as far as a decade,"

OK, Who talks like that? And worse, who would print something like that? Oh it's the Post, I forgot.

His wife and daughters seem to be really pretty.

Oh hell, who am I kidding? I'd probably even boff the terrier.

Spitzer was only voted in, because he wasn't a republican, and even Allan Hevesi was voted in, despite the fact that everybody knew he was gonna to be either fired, or going to prison, but at least he wasn't a republican.

George Pataki blows dead donkeys, and was a downright insult to the state of New York.

A vote for Mcain, is just a vote for a third term of Bush/Cheney.

What could possibly go wrong?

" How Convenient."

Poor guy. He's a victim.

Read: Career Rehab.

quick someone post pam from the office in "blades of steel"

"nom-de-sack"?

/I'd so nom it?

sex addiction: keeping the human species around after all these years

I'm near the end of a two week, five country Asian business trip and I think I may need to get into this program. We farking Americans are WAY too uptight about sex, it's a laughing joke to the rest of the world - like our dollar and our President.

/Philippines - come for the squalor, stay for the squealers.

Apik0r0s: I'm near the end of a two week, five country Asian business trip and I think I may need to get into this program. We farking Americans are WAY too uptight about sex, it's a laughing joke to the rest of the world - like our dollar and our President.

/Philippines - come for the squalor, stay for the squealers.

I think I'm pretty happy to be in a country that doesn't condone adultery, thanks.

They start with $5000-an-hour hookers, and slowly work their way to toothless grannies working on street corners.

If the link had said The Onion instead of NYPost I would not have been surprised.

Sex addiction?

fark no.

(rimshot)

Actually this guy's problem is just plain stupidity. Come on, $5k for an escort? I picked up a Mercury Lynx (same care different badge) for $1500.

El Uno Magnifico: I think I'm pretty happy to be in a country that doesn't condone adultery, thanks.

Do you know who else was happy to be in a country that didn't condone stuff?

ZAZ: If the link had said The Onion instead of NYPost I would not have been surprised.

This article is too funny to be in The Onion.

Sex Addiction Rehab?

Don't we call this MASTURBATION these days?

eqtworld: Most politicians do this. Kennedy got away with it.

I want one of them to come out and say "Yes, I had sex with someone who is not my wife: I am still good at my job, go away."

Er.

This particular instance of having sex with someone who was not his wife appears to have been against the law.

While you can make an argument it shouldn't be, I still have a problem with politicians breaking the law, or being hypocrites.

And, mind you, Eliot Spitzer behaved hypocritically here, seeing as he portrayed himself as an upholder of the law.

Skleenar: While you can make an argument it shouldn't be, I still have a problem with politicians breaking the law, or being hypocrites.

I don't get this mentality. If I can make a strong argument that something shouldn't be against the law, I don't see any moral problem with breaking that law.

Your point is taken though: A guy who is sworn to uphold the law is caught breaking a law. You could say he's a hypocrite.

I guess the difference is: Is the law a "means" or an "end"? Some people consider obedience of the law as the goal, in and of itself, whereas I see law as one of the many means we use to achieve a higher end: A well-functioning, moral, just society.

stiletto_the_wise: I guess the difference is: Is the law a "means" or an "end"? Some people consider obedience of the law as the goal, in and of itself, whereas I see law as one of the many means we use to achieve a higher end: A well-functioning, moral, just society.

We are a nation of laws.

It is that underpinning that guarantees our freedoms.

When you start to look beyond that and apply situational ethics to the system, you have started on a slippery slope that leads to a law of men, ruled at the whim of those in power.

/psst: We're already on that slope. And heading downward quickly.

The way I see it, laws should in general exist to prevent people from harming others, or infringing on the freedoms of others.

It is terrible that the government would punish a person who has broken a law, but harmed nobody.

Mr Logo: It is terrible that the government would punish a person who has broken a law, but harmed nobod

You are inviting an argument that patronizing prostitution supports an industry that does, in fact, harm many women.

Just sayin'.

Skleenar: Mr Logo: It is terrible that the government would punish a person who has broken a law, but harmed nobod

You are inviting an argument that patronizing prostitution supports an industry that does, in fact, harm many women.

Just sayin'.

Harms nobody but the families that are involved.

davemelnick: Harms nobody but the families that are involved.

You are aware of the term "Pimp-Slapped", are you not?

Spitzer did nothing wrong because he is a Democrat. This is also the primary reason he is neither a hypocrite nor immoral.

The current system of prostitution probably does harm women.

A legalized and regulated system of prostitution, the likes of which is currently found in other countries, would probably not.

My thoughts.

When you start to look beyond that and apply situational ethics to the system, you have started on a slippery slope that leads to a law of men, ruled at the whim of those in power.

You mean such laws as the one banning women from voting, or making slavery a legal enterprise in the United States, to the law that made a black woman give up her seat to a white man on the bus, but were all fought against and overthrown. Sometimes laws need to be challenged due to their innate unfairness, when plenty of the laws were created as a sign to appease a certain group, rather than for their help on society as a whole. Then there are some laws that even though they are on the books are just flat out rediclous or tolerated as pretty normal. After all we don't arrest many people for co-habitating nowadays or having non missionary style sex. Nor do we see many convictions for whaling in Utah, even though it is a felony in the state. There comes a stage when too much conformity with the law, makes you as much a deviant as not enough conformity.

I don't see the big deal.
This is no better than the contrived blowup over the Lewinsky "scandal" (yes, I'm aware that he lied about it, which was chickenshiat AND illegal).
Who a guy farks is his own damn business.
And no, I don't like Spitzer.

limeyfellow: Sometimes laws need to be challenged due to their innate unfairness, when plenty of the laws were created as a sign to appease a certain group, rather than for their help on society as a whole

And there is a process to do that.

That is a critical component of any nation of laws.

Sex addiction rehab?

Give me a fuhking break.

He's gonna be cured of being a horny, self-aggrandizing douchebag?

Gooooood luck.

DachshundPorridge: The current system of prostitution probably does harm women.

A legalized and regulated system of prostitution, the likes of which is currently found in other countries, would probably not.

My thoughts.

In
Holland they have a union.

He'll be "cured" in a week then start his campaign for the senate.

eqtworld: Most politicians do this. Kennedy got away with it.

I want one of them to come out and say "Yes, I had sex with someone who is not my wife: I am still good at my job, go away."

He is no more a sex addict than anyone else who enjoys a good lay

I agree 100%. If he's doing his job ok then let the Mrs deal with it.

Addiction? That I don't get. The signs of sexual addiction are much more than his shagging a call girl. When the x and I split she brought up my "sexual addiction". Yeah, I was usually in the mood - and she never was. I never did deviant stuff, never tried risky acts and took care to make sure I was protected. The therapist I saw said I didn't have a problem, just a health libido.

Maybe Mrs S isn't in the mood? My x never was, my new GF - who is 4 years older than me - is at the drop of a hat. I think it's healthy. Hell, since I've been in a relationship where there is sex my attitude has gotten tons better.

limeyfellow: hen there are some laws that even though they are on the books are just flat out rediclous or tolerated as pretty normal. After all we don't arrest many people for co-habitating nowadays or having non missionary style sex. Nor do we see many convictions for whaling in Utah, even though it is a felony in the state. There comes a stage when too much conformity with the law, makes you as much a deviant as not enough conformity

These are all good points. No human system is perfect.

But you do see the problem with deciding a law's legitimacy based on someone's view of 'justice', do you not?

I mean, who gets to decide? Any decent functional system will have this discretion formalized as part of its structure. But when that function is taken outside of the system, as anyone proposing that Spitzer shouldn't be prosecuted because his crime 'had no victim' is suggesting, then you have a problem.

TommyymmoT: His wife and daughters seem to be really pretty.

Oh hell, who am I kidding? I'd probably even boff the terrier.

Spitzer was only voted in, because he wasn't a republican, and even Allan Hevesi was voted in, despite the fact that everybody knew he was gonna to be either fired, or going to prison, but at least he wasn't a republican.

George Pataki blows dead donkeys, and was a downright insult to the state of New York.

A vote for Mcain, is just a vote for a third term of Bush/Cheney.

What could possibly go wrong?

I'll ignore the rest, but why was Pataki so bad?

Sex addiction therapy. Is that a treatment for not being addicted to sex?

Sex Addiction?

Sorry, I'm from Wisconsin. Is that the same as gettin' a lot?

/obscure?

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El Uno Magnifico: Apik0r0s: I'm near the end of a two week, five country Asian business trip and I think I may need to get into this program. We farking Americans are WAY too uptight about sex, it's a laughing joke to the rest of the world - like our dollar and our President.

/Philippines - come for the squalor, stay for the squealers.

I think I'm pretty happy to be in a country that doesn't condone adultery, thanks.

You haven't been paying attention at ALL, have you?

So he's using the old Mel Gibson defense, huh?

Well golly, I sure am glad you're willing to ignore the obvious.

Pataki? Where do I start?

He took possession of his father's land, and assets, so that his father would be qualified for a CHARITY nursing home.

He refused to live at the governor's mansion, saying the move would disrupt his family, even though his kids were already grown, and living on their own. It's like saying I want to be president, but don't want to live at the White House.

He did however, use $6 million in tax money, to upgrade his 2 estates, to bring them up to governor's mansion standards.

When he was first elected, the capital was dubbed "Fort Pataki", as he barred anyone from going past the first floor.
A complete press blackout. After that, all information was spoon fed to the media.

During his last election, we all got to see him smile, and tout programs for the children (gasp!), that have been in place, for over 30 years, every commercial break.

Where did all that unspent campaign money go?
He used it to pay the salary of his household servants.
That did not sit too well with the NYS republican party.

Pataki is a complete scumbag.

I could go on, but I have other things to do.

Pataki was gonna go on the stump for Bush/Cheney, and even THEY said, oh hell no, just go away.

GoodasGold: He'll be "cured" in a week then start his campaign for the senate.

And if he wins, he'll hold the seat for Chelsea so the Clinton family can rinse and repeat the process?

eqtworld

I dont know about that. I enjoy a good lay myself but I wouldnt put my job and marriage and freedom on the line on a regular basis particularly not at 5000 dollars an hour.

Another poster had this right, what this is is carrer rehab more than anything but yeah the guy does have something screwy going on to be doing something that dumb.

Skleenar

Mr Logo: It is terrible that the government would punish a person who has broken a law, but harmed nobod

You are inviting an argument that patronizing prostitution supports an industry that does, in fact, harm many women.

Just sayin'.

Most of the harm to women comes from the fact that prostitution is illegal. If prostitution were legal, for instance, a prostitute could go to the police if her customer or pimp beat her.

Evil Twin Skippy: Sex addiction?

fark no.

(rimshotjob)

Actually this guy's problem is just plain stupidity. Come on, $5k for an escort? I picked up a Mercury Lynx (same care different badge) for $1500.

FTFY